Background
SPINOLA, Marshal Antonio Sebastiao Ribeiro de was born on April 11, 1910 in Estremoz.
army officer and Head of State
SPINOLA, Marshal Antonio Sebastiao Ribeiro de was born on April 11, 1910 in Estremoz.
Military Schools, Lisbon, University of Lisbon.
Deputy Commander, later Commander 2nd Lancers Regiment 1961. Commander 345th Cavalry Group, Angola 1961-1964. Provost Marshal 1964-1965.
High Command Course 1965-1966.
Cavalry Inspector 1966-1967. Deputy Commander National Republican Guard 1967-1968.
Governor, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Portuguese Guinea 1968-1973. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 1973-1974.
Head Junta Nacional de Salva?ao 1974.
President, of Portugal May-September 1974. Retd, from Army November 1974. Implicated in attempted coup d’etat March 1975, in exile in Brazil and Switzerland 1975.
Returned to Portugal, arrested, freed and returned to exile August 1976.
Restored to rank of General 1978, Marshal 1981. Director Sociedade Hipica Portuguesa (Equestrian Society) 1940-1944, President 1967.
Board of directors Siderurgia Nacional (National Steel Works Company) 1955-1964.
Married Maria Helena Martin Monteiro de Barros in 1932.